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Show UASTER . OF "HEfJElY FORB FINALLY DECIDES TO RACE MM U Flock of Details Disgusts American, But lie Yields to Public Opinion and Races After Having Put Ballast in Boat Ready for Return to Fishing Banks, Captain Trims U. S. Entry for Race and Gets Away to Another Good Start GLOUCESTER, Mass., Oct. 25 (By A. P.) The Gloucester HsYiTnf? schooner Henry Ford led the Lunenburg schooner Hluenose across the line by twelve seconds at the start of today's fisherman's race. Hluenose, however, had the better position, being to weather and blanketing the American boat. HARD COURSE. The courae was m reach of five miles to Thatcher's Island, a ten-mile beat UP the bav, a close fetch of ten milpa'off shore, "a bnd rench of ten nula to Thatcher's and a close beat of five mile to the finish. Th decision to rhce was made lata last night hv Captain VnrriHSyaiKl? sudden turn about on the part of the Oloucester men. who had been bending every effort to return to the finning banks, caused Joy throughout the fishing port. The Kurd's skipper explained It was a concession to the public demand for another race. FORD WINS TWO. ' In two previous race the Ford was the winner, but one race was declared unofficial bv the race committee. By his act In putting ballast aboard. Captain Morrlssey. under the conditions of the ded of gift of the trophy and prize offered In the annual competition, automatically eliminated his vessel from the scries. The deed of gift provision ratfs: BALLAST RULE. "No ballast shall be taken on or put off the competing vessel during the series." se-ries." ' Captain Morrissev In this met of withdrawal with-drawal relinquished claim not only to the cup but to at least $2000 and possibly pos-sibly $5000 of prise money. These sums, respectively, were the loser and Winners Win-ners shares. "It has cost me and by men enough already so that the matter of a fw thousand thou-sand dollars rios not cunt against the principle) Involved," CapUUn Morrlssey aid. |